We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them.

Legal

Ask a lawyer and get answers to your legal questions

Ask a Lawyer,Get an Answer ASAP!

By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them.

Actually there is no contract with the VA. The officer in the Decedent Affairs office calls the funeral home. Then we are sent a letter stating the Veteran is unclaimed and ready for removal. Mr. Pearley, the officer in charge, gives us the vital information for the death certificate.We can talk in person. (###) ###-####and I will pay the charge if the explanation above does not help.

My grandfather died on Christmas. We live in Decatur, Illinois and he lived in Florida. Well, The funeral home told me today that since he prepaid for his funeral, that he will be buried Friday in Flo… read more

I am in Colorado My dad just died he had arranged his body to be donated to science care the week before he died I talked to them and they said he was completely eligible die to hospice. They picked h… read more

I loaned my best friends' husband the cost for the movement of her body, her funeral and cremation upon her death in August of last year. He was supposed to repay me when he received the money from th… read more

I would like to know what I need to do and get permissions from authorities to exhume my husband, who is currently buried in Annis Cemetery, Wise Co., Springtown. I am a Vietnam Veteran and I wish to … read more

I am being sued my a funeral home that my brother worked for. My brother passed away unexpectily and I knew he wanted to use the funeral home that he worked at. When we went in to make arrangements at… read more

My sister lost her son (age 51) last week, but because his son is in a federal jail in california and it hard for us to reach him to get permission for his grandmother to take care of the arrangments.… read more

My sister passed away. Her remains are at local funeral home. However, my other sister will not allow me or other family members to view the body. The funeral director says, "the arrangements are for … read more

My mother in law died last May in Florida. My husband and I put approx $500 up front to have the body shipped to OH, the funeral home won't pay this expense. We had a service in FL, then one in OH. Th… read more

Hello: My mom passed away recently, and the funeral home had made arrangements with Arlington cemetery because her 2 sons are buried there. I was there with the funeral home the whole time when they m… read more

My mother spends part of the year wiyh me in St. Louis and part of the year with my sister in Tacoma. She became ill in Tacoma. To make a long story short she is now in Hospice. Her Dr. says there is … read more

If a spouse does not claim a deceased persons body what can the children of the deceased do to claim the body. Mind you the spouse has been notified but refuses to return calls and signing of papers. … read more

My mother died in Houghton Lake, MI in December 2008. She is still not buried or cremated as of April 28, 2009. Her life insurance paid $2,200 toward the burial/cremation. The funeral home used the mo… read more

My husband of 6 years died of a heart attack. He had no life insurance. He had written instructions to myself and his daughter that he wanted a military burial. The cost for the burial is paid by the … read more

My husband was cremated, and was to be buried in a veteran''s cemetary. After the memorial service, the family was waiting to get the remains buried and then go out to the grave site to say a prayer w… read more

Good evening. I'd like to, and attempting to find out costs, needs, etc re prep of the corpse(mine), boxing it up, and preparing it for shipment to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery and am awar… read more

In researching Home funerals, I came upon this info about my state:In Indiana a disposition permit is given only to a funeral director, even though according to another statute various family members … read more

DISCLAIMER: Answers from Experts on JustAnswer are not substitutes for the advice of an attorney. JustAnswer is a public forum and questions and responses are not private or confidential or protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Expert above is not your attorney, and the response above is not legal advice. You should not read this response to propose specific action or address specific circumstances, but only to give you a sense of general principles of law that might affect the situation you describe. Application of these general principles to particular circumstances must be done by a lawyer who has spoken with you in confidence, learned all relevant information, and explored various options. Before acting on these general principles, you should hire a lawyer licensed to practice law in the jurisdiction to which your question pertains.

The responses above are from individual Experts, not JustAnswer. The site and services are provided “as is”. To view the verified credential of an Expert, click on the “Verified” symbol in the Expert’s profile. This site is not for emergency questions which should be directed immediately by telephone or in-person to qualified professionals. Please carefully read the Terms of Service (last updated February 8, 2012).

JustAnswer in the News:

Ask-a-doc Web sites: If you've got a quick question, you can try to get an answer from sites that say they have various specialists on hand to give quick answers... Justanswer.com.

JustAnswer.com...has seen a spike since October in legal questions from readers about layoffs, unemployment and severance.

DISCLAIMER: Answers from Experts on JustAnswer are not substitutes for the advice of an attorney. JustAnswer is a public forum and questions and responses are not private or confidential or protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Expert above is not your attorney, and the response above is not legal advice. You should not read this response to propose specific action or address specific circumstances, but only to give you a sense of general principles of law that might affect the situation you describe. Application of these general principles to particular circumstances must be done by a lawyer who has spoken with you in confidence, learned all relevant information, and explored various options. Before acting on these general principles, you should hire a lawyer licensed to practice law in the jurisdiction to which your question pertains.

The responses above are from individual Experts, not JustAnswer. The site and services are provided “as is”. To view the verified credential of an Expert, click on the “Verified” symbol in the Expert’s profile. This site is not for emergency questions which should be directed immediately by telephone or in-person to qualified professionals. Please carefully read the Terms of Service (last updated February 8, 2012).